LabLogic Systems has introduced an off-the-shelf Lims for soil metabolism residue studies in the environmental and agrochemical industries
A 32-bit Windows-based application running on an Oracle client/server platform and fully CFR Part 11/GLP-compliant, Sara is an extension of the company's Debra Lims, which it describes as the industry standard for drug metabolism studies. Amongst the facilities specific to soil tests are system configuration, including water handling capacity at different pressures; pre-study analysis of moisture content; dispensing of test systems in accordance with soil dry equivalent weight; and measurement of water handling capacity.
The need for data transcription and calculation - and the consequent risk of errors - is eliminated by managing the preparation and confirmation of dosing solutions, and all dosing and sample collection steps.
Raw data is captured directly from the instrument, or via the sample result data files of the analytical instrumentation systems.
For ease of use, Sara's document management system integrates tables, graphs and text into final report templates through an automated link to Microsoft Word.